Claude Puel said he understood the frustrations of the Leicester City fans who booed the team during the defeat to Crystal Palace.

Some sections of the City supporters berated the team at both half-time and full-time in what was the club’s worst performance of the season.

The boos came despite Leicester having won their previous four Premier League games, three days after their best outing of the campaign at Southampton, which had left them just four points off the Champions League places.

However, City boss Puel admitted that he and his players had felt the same way as the supporters about the lacklustre performance.

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“We have to accept some frustration,” said Puel ahead of the Carabao Cup quarter-final with Manchester City.

“It was the same for us about our game. It is difficult to understand when we can play with the quality against Southampton. After the game after, it is so difficult.

“It is difficult to play every three days with the same intensity and quality and concentration about our game. Sometimes there is a little tiredness for the players. It is not just physically but mentally as well.”